Circumcision Status and Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infection in Young Adult Males: An Analysis of a Longitudinal Birth Cohort
Monday, 04 December 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Previous literature has supported circumcision being a protective factor against acquiring sexually transmitted diseases among men. However, recent studies show that there are mixed results in regards to these findings. This study by Fergusson, et al, on circumcision status and the risk of sexually transmitted diseases in young men examined an association between circumcision and sexually transmitted diseases using a longitudinal birth cohort study.
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Recurrent Sexually Transmitted Infections in Men After Their Initial Episode: New Study Suggests a Need for Repeat Screening After Initial Infection
Thursday, 23 November 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - In women, repeat screening after initial STD treatment is customary due to an incidence of asymptomatic re-infection approaching 10-15 percent. In men, however, currently no recommendations exist regarding the need for repeat testing after initial single dose treatment of STDs.
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Randomized Trial Shows Patient-Delivered Partner Treatment Superior To Partner Referral In Male Urethritis
Friday, 31 March 2006
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Ensuring that the sexual partners of patients diagnosed with urethritis are also treated remains a challenge since the traditional methods of partner referral are usually ineffective.
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Syphilis Rates Continue To Rise In The US
Monday, 20 March 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For the fourth year in a row rates of primary and secondary syphilis have increased in the US, largely due to a resurgence of cases among men who have sex with men (MSM), according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday.
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Methamphetamine Raises Unsafe Sex Rate Among Heterosexual Men
Monday, 20 March 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Heterosexual men who use methamphetamine (meth) are more likely than those who don't use the drug to engage in high-risk sex behaviors, according to results of the HEY-Man (Health Evaluation in Young Men) Study conducted in California.
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Virus-Related Nongonococcal Urethritis Linked To Oral Sex
Wednesday, 15 February 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nongonococcal urethritis caused by adenoviruses or herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 is associated with oral sex, whereas nongonococcal urethritis due to bacterial pathogens is more closely linked to vaginal sex, according to a report in the February 1st issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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Prevalence Of Azithromycin-Resistant Syphilis Rising
Thursday, 09 February 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Azithromycin-resistant Treponema pallidum infection is increasingly common in San Francisco and probably other communities, according to a report in the February 1st issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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Unsafe Sex Common In Patients With Resistant HIV
Tuesday, 10 January 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A significant proportion of homosexual and heterosexual patients with antiretroviral-resistant HIV infection engage in high-risk sex with uninfected partners, according to researchers.
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High-Risk Sex Levels Off Among Gay Men In London
Friday, 06 January 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - According to a survey of 5416 gay men attending central London gyms, the rate of high-risk sexual behavior did not increase between 2002 and 2005, UK researchers report.
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Shortened Regimen Of Famciclovir Effective In Genital Herpes
Wednesday, 04 January 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patient-initiated, single-day famciclovir is an effective and well-tolerated treatment for recurrent genital herpes, a new study shows.
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You've Got Mail, And Maybe Gonorrhea
Monday, 19 December 2005
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - You've got mail -- and possibly gonorrhea, HIV or another sexually transmitted disease.
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Chlamydia Infections On The Rise In Canada
Monday, 12 December 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite the initial apparent success of a program to control Chlamydia trachomatis in British Columbia, there are now more cases than there were before the intervention, Canadian researchers report in the November 15th issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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Early Genitourinary Infections In Men May Raise Risk Of Urinary Tract Symptoms
Monday, 14 November 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who describe a history of gonorrhea or young-onset prostatitis appear to be at increased risk for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) later in life, according to a report in the American Journal of Epidemiology for November 1.
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Syphilis Rates Rise In US But Gonorrhea At New Low
Thursday, 10 November 2005
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The number of syphilis cases in the US rose in 2004 for the fourth straight year, fueled by increases among men, while gonorrhea rates reached a historic low, federal health researchers said on Tuesday.
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Negative Gram Stain Possible In Chlamydial And Gonococcal Infection Of Men
Monday, 07 November 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Chlamydial and gonococcal infections of men are possible without having polymorphonuclear leukocytes on Gram stain, according to a report in the October Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
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